Azed Competition No. 764 Azed Slip | ◀ 762 | 766 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 764 | Xmas 1986 | CHILDERMAS | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | J. D. Moore | Rattle to make Mahler disc: might songs lamenting dead children be heard on it? | anag.; ref. Simon R., Kindertotenlieder |
| Second | D. V. Harry | O, this must make Melchior sad! | comp. anag. & lit.; must4 = frenzied; Magi indirectly caused Massacre of Innocents |
| Third | E. J. Burge | Having drunk mild, he’s with car – reminder of killer at Christmas-time needed | anag.; ref. drink drive campaigns |
| VHC | M. J. Balfour | It marks Herod’s claim to perdition, nothing less | anag. less 0, & lit. |
| VHC | M. Barley | A doleful time after Christmas extravagantly rich meals’d give you | anag. |
| VHC | E. A. Beaulah | Anniversary of the killing of a despot comes from Latin: March Ides | anag. incl. L |
| VHC | R. E. Boot | Howsoever misled arch tyrant’s deed is remembered this day | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Brougham | With year shortly over, Herod’s capital crime sadly recollected | anag. incl. H less y, & lit. |
| VHC | G. P. Conway | What represents Herod’s capital crime with lads all murdered? | anag. incl. H, & lit. |
| VHC | A. G. Corrigan | Coming soon after Yuletide junket, another feast is almost disheartening: queasy dreams must surely follow | chil(l) + anag. |
| VHC | R. A. England | Mid Rachel’s weeping originates this holy day | anag. & lit.; ref. Matt. 2, 18 |
| VHC | H. Freeman | Day of mourning foreshadowed ’mid Rachel’s tears | anag.; ref. Matt. 2, 18 |
| VHC | N. Gambier | Day of slaughter: none missed, claims Herod mistakenly | anag. less 0, & lit. |
| VHC | R. R. Greenfield | From Herod’s fatal crimes comes this feast or spread | comp. anag. & lit. |
| VHC | A. K. Gregory | Festival observed, as before, in recollection of heartless massacre | hild in anag. of mas(sa)cre, & lit. |
| VHC | V. G. Henderson | Rachel’s dead I’m hailing | anag. & lit.; ref. Matt. 2, 18 |
| VHC | C. Loving | Rachel suffering from misdread – Bible’s connection is recalled for this | anag. less read2, & lit.; ref. Matt. 2, 18 |
| VHC | Dr R. Macgillivray | You get lots of cold skin when it’s close to New Year’s Eve | chil(l) derm as |
| VHC | D. F. Manley | Church recollection of males rid | Ch. + anag., & lit. |
| VHC | C. G. Millin | End of Christmas miracle totally heartless Herod ordered | anag. incl. s, H(ero)d, & lit. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | ‘This day is loveless Herod’s claim confounded | anag. less 0, & lit. |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Day bound up with heartless one giving shivers to mothers | d in chi(l)ler + mas, & lit. |
| VHC | D. Price Jones | Homicide (involving extermination of every second mite) in Israel is recollected in —— | comp. anag. incl. homicide less alternate letters, & lit. |
| VHC | D. M. Stanford | Charles married Di on festive day when many tots were put away | anag. incl. m; on = tipsy |
| VHC | A. W. Taylor | Herod’s claim to damnation love absent | anag. less 0, & lit. |
| VHC | M. R. Weatherfield | No stable cradles him we mourn this day, mid Rachel’s tears | double anag., & lit. |
| VHC | P. Young | Third day of cold turkey? Take in cooked sliced ham | r in anag. |
HCs in competition 764 awarded to: